Audience questionaire and results

After we filmed our short film we made the editors cut of the film. This was like a prototype, we put the film together and edited it to get this. Now that we have this we can improve on it by removing things we don't like or adding things that could make it better, this will allow us to get the best finished version of our film. One way of finding out what to add and what to remove is to show the editors cut to people and question them for feedback, this is our results:

1. Do you understand the storyline of our film? 

• No 
• No 
• Yes 
• Yes 
• Yes 
• No 
• No 
• No 
• No 
• Yes

This shows us that only 40% of the audience understood the storyline of the film compared to 60% who claimed they didn't. This tells us that we need to make our storyline more understandable so that most if not all of our audience can understand the film, this will make them more likely to enjoy it. If 60% of people cant understand our film then 60% are likely to not enjoy it.

2. What do you think our film is too long, too short or about right? 

• About right 
• About right 
• About right 
• About right  
• Too long 
• Too long 
• Too long
• Too long
• About right
• About right

This shows us that 60% of the audience felt the film was about the right length, 40% felt it was too long and none of them thought it was too short. This shows us that we shouldn't add much to our film unless it was replacing something in our film. Although 60% thought the film was about the right length, 40% feeling it is too long is still enough for us to think it may need cutting down but only by a small amount.

3. Did you notice any mistakes in our film? 

• Fuzzy in places 
• You wouldn’t cut your hand on a plant pot 
• Poor lighting in places 
• You wouldn’t cut your hand on a plant pot 
• You wouldn’t cut your hand on a plant pot 
• No 
• No  
• No  
• No 
• No 

50% of the audience didn't notice any mistakes in our film, this shows us that most people feel we haven't done anything that breaks continuity. 30% said that they didn't think you could cut your hand on a plant pot and 20% said something else. Because only 30% said this we don't feel that it is enough to go back and re-film with a different prop but we may add some diegetic sound effects to give the audience the impression that he has hit the plant pot harder.

4. What certificate do you think this film should get 

• 15 
• Universal 
• 15
• PG
• PG
• 15
• PG
• 12
• 15
• 15

This question got very mixed results 10% said Universal, 30% said PG, 10% said 12 and 50% said 15. Although the results were mixed overall 15 was the most popularly picked one and was also the certificate we felt was correct for our film. These results have helped us to reinsure our decision and we can guess that people who chose lower ratings may not have noticed the use of blood or may not have media knowledge.

5. What do you like/dislike about the film? 

• Like continuity 
• The suspense  
• Like the meaning 
• Intense cinematography 
• Difficult to understand 
• Difficult to understand in places 
• Links in together well 
• Would've preferred it in colour
• good use of confusion
• Good filming

Although the responses are very mixed, 70% of the responses are positive and only 30% are negative. This shows us that overall the majority of our audience thing positively about our film. However 20% of people feel the film is difficult to understand in places. This makes us feel that we should make the film more understandable.

6. Where would you watch the film? 

• Computer 
• Youtube
• Youtube
• Youtube
• Computer
• Cinema
• Online
• Cinema
• Cinema
• DVD

60% of the audience said they would watch the film online or on youtube, 30% said the cinema and 10% said on DVD. We are already planning to upload the film to youtube and may also be showing the film at a festival at cinie world. This meets the preferences of 90% of the audience. By meeting the preferences of the audience makes them more likely to come and watch our film.

7. Who do you think would be the audience of this film? 

• People who like horrors and mystery’s 
• Students  
• English students 
• Writers 
• Writers 
• Adults 
• Teenagers 
• Horror fans 
• Adult 
• Thriller fans 

Overall the audience suggested that the audience for our film would be adults and teenagers, horror and thriller fans and people who are interested in English/writing. We feel this is positive because it shows our film will interest a large varied target audience. By having a large audience will increase the success of our film.

8. Is there anything you would change about our film? 

• Add dialogue 
• Easier to understand 
• Actor 
• Actor 
• Actor 
• Actor
• Easier to understand 
• Easier to understand 
• Make it colour 
• Sound 

 40% said they would change the actor, 30% said they would make the film easier to understand and 30% said other responses. Although our actor isn't the best actor in the world, he is the best we could get with our budget and still does an effective job. However we could add something to our film to make it easier to understand.

9. Who do you feel will enjoy the film more, boys, girls or both? 

• Both 
• Girls 
• Girls 
• Boys 
• Girls 
• Both 
• Boys 
• Girls 
• Girls 
• boys 

20% of the audience said both, 50% of the audience said girls and 30% of the audience said boys. Although the results sway slightly towards girls they are very even, and we have not targeted our film at boys or girls as we feel this would be limiting our target audience. By keeping our target audience as large as it can be will increase the success of our film.

10. Can you sum up our film in a sentence? 

• A black and white abnormal night 
• A confusing thriller 
• Difficult to understand 
• Great survey 
• Battle of the senses 
• A thrilling mind battle 
• Rancid writers block 
• Insane 
• Textbook horror 
• Civil war of the mind 

This question as used to see  if we an find any good tag lines/slogans to use on our film. Although there are some that we like such as "civil war of the mind" there are none that we are definitely going to use, however we may put some on our posters that we will be using a advertisement.